Category 4: Tools & Equipment for Materials➔Woodworking T&E➔Clamp, Woodworking➔Clamp, Screw

Artifact

Accession Number:
76-10-3
Date
circa 1800
Description
A large wooden hand clamp. There are two nobs with a screw pattern and two flat blocks of wood. Used for larger objects because of it's ability to withstand heavy and repeat stress.The object would be placed between the two pieces of wood then squeezed together by twisting the two nobs into the boards.
Materials
wood.
Measurements
10 in. L x 16 1/2 in. W
Category
Clamp, Screw